[OSGeo-Edu] Book on needs of GIScience

[Ari Jolma]

Ned Horning kirjoitti:
> Ari and others,
>
> Thanks for brining this up. It's interesting that "open source" is mentioned
> only once. 

Where? I glanced through and didn't see anything than references to the 
Institute and its software and COTS.

> There is a definite bias toward commercial/proprietary vendors.
> They talk quite a bit about the Open Geospatial Consortium but seem to
> ignore the open source software movement. 
>
> Some of the issues they raise are being addressed by OSGeo and it might be
> useful to craft a letter for the National Research Council to inform them of
> this oversight and suggest that an OSGeo representative be included on
> future related efforts. I realize OSGeo is still in its infancy but it is
> important to let these folks know we exist and that we are a significant
> player in the world of geospatial tools. 
>
> The NASA Earth Science Education Program is another group that we should
> target for enlightenment. 
>   

Good ideas.

Ari

> All the best, 
>
> Ned 
>
>
>   
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Ari Jolma [mailto:ari.jolma at tkk.fi]
>> Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2006 1:33 AM
>> To: discuss at edu.osgeo.org
>> Subject: [OSGeo-Edu] Book on needs of GIScience
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>> Interesting Book:  "Meeting National Needs Through Enhanced Geographic
>> Information Science" is available free of charge as a PDF from
>>
>> http://www.nap.edu/catalog/11687.html
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>> Teknillinen Korkeakoulu / Helsinki University of Technology
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>> Email: ari.jolma at tkk.fi URL: http://www.tkk.fi/~jolma
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Prof. Ari Jolma
Kartografia ja Geoinformatiikka / Cartography and Geoinformatics
Teknillinen Korkeakoulu / Helsinki University of Technology
POBox 1200, 02015 TKK, Finland
Email: ari.jolma at tkk.fi URL: http://www.tkk.fi/~jolma